Eminence Police Department Major Kevin Kemper said the children reported seeing a vehicle circle the block where they waited for the bus. “He was riding in a car, never got out of the car, and exposed himself to some little girls,” Kemper said.

Henry County High School and New Castle Elementary recently were recognized as Energy Star rated facilities saving the school district thousands of dollars.

Sherman Adams, the energy and systems manager for Trimble, Shelby and Henry County school districts and Anchorage Independent presented Henry County High School and New Castle Elementary with Energy Star plaques to commemorate the schools’ achievements and saving the district $28,216.

Adams stressed in his report that changes in lifestyle must be paramount when it comes to energy management.

One month after being asked to find $150,000 to $250,000 to trim out of the Henry County budget, the committee appointed to do so devised a series of proposals that could result in at least a $290,000 gain.

Magistrate Nick Hawkins chaired the committee, and last week presented several proposals to the fiscal court.

The bulk of the gain relies upon non-emergency EMS transports, to the tune of $150,000 to $300,000 per year.

Andrew Shearer hopes to see his students fail. He considers it the key to their success.

Shearer teaches the principles of engineering, woodworking, graphic art and physics with hands on problem solving to about 100 to 110 students at Henry County High School every year. For Shearer, teaching isn’t really why he loves his job.

The city of Campbellsburg will, again, have to fork out some cash for the rebuilt Campbellsburg Fire Station.

Campbellsburg Mayor Rex Morgan said during the city’s Monday night meeting that he asked an electrician to look into some ‘issues’ at the station. The request came as part of an attempt by the city to address a list of problems with the revamped station as provided by the Campbellsburg Volunteer Fire Department.

A well-known competitor in the horse-pulling world has died of injuries he received in a head-on traffic accident in Shelby County.

Oscar David Ethington, 69, of Defoe was killed Friday when the Ford pickup truck he was driving was struck by another driver who veered across the center line of Ky. 55, about two miles north of the intersection with the Shelbyville Bypass.

The other driver, Susan Hughes, 42, of Sparta was taken to the University of Louisville with non-life-threatening injuries and later released.

Jackson continues his father’s dream with his own son on Reality Farms near New Castle.

Roy and Judy Jackson moved their farm from Delaware, Ohio, when urban sprawl started infringing on their farm and way of life. Their daughter Laura had married local attorney and farmer Keith Jeffries, and Henry County seemed like the place where they have both a family and a farm. Roy and Judy, both in their 60s, brought their son Matt with them.